Fire, Fire, Fire on the Flight Deck Aft; This Is Not a Drill

An Inconceivable Story of Brave Men Battling Raging Fires and High-Order Explosions to Save Their Shipmates and the World’s First Super Aircraft Carrier

Twenty-two years ago, Ken Killmeyer began a journey to write the story of the Forrestal fire. All aboard that day vividly remember what they experienced.

In Fire, Fire, Fire on the Flight Deck Aft; This Is Not a Drill, he has joined their shared experiences into one story. He takes the reader along with his fellow crewmembers as they first experience a surprising accidental rocket launch, then billowing smoke, and then all-consuming fire. Then the first 1,000-pound bomb explodes high-order. Men were burned, injured, and killed in this most tragic event.

You will be with these brave men in real time as they risk life and limb to rescue their shipmates, battle the raging flames, and save their ship.